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[Android Head-Units] bypo:
i802 original firmware SD

Hi,

I was doing some experiments on my i802 unit and i should have modified something on mtdblk0 device (flash)

Has someone got a firmware update and/or original firmware?

I need to re-flash my device as it's unusable. It doens't boot anymore.

Thanks,

Oreste
[Android Head-Units] festor:
If it’s the OUKU unit I think there is a fixed supplicant file posted that you could try. If it’s the s150/i802 I think kaween came up with a workaround… also earlier in the thread.

That’s a very misleading listing… no mention of WinCE at all :(

From what I have read, the dual boot units have an even more closed/custom version of Android than the pure units. I previously had one and there were no updates for it. There are many posts earlier about getting a third party bt dongle to work for torque etc, but I’m not sure if this will apply to your setup.
[Android Head-Units] matiashr:
That’s a very misleading listing… no mention of WinCE at all :(

From what I have read, the dual boot units have an even more closed/custom version of Android than the pure units. I previously had one and there were no updates for it. There are many posts earlier about getting a third party bt dongle to work for torque etc, but I’m not sure if this will apply to your setup.[/QUOTE]

i agree. thats the reson i have it. i sort of assumed it was pure.. howerver that does not bother me much.

the bluetooth part is wince only. that does bother me.
[Android Head-Units] dthomas1234:
Hey Everyone.. I have one of the Ouku units. I have a 32gb microsd card full of music, and it takes forever for it to check it on boot up. I did find that the ouku has the read cache set to 128k by default. If you change it to 2048k the read speeds are more than twice as fast on the sd card. But I cannot find a way to make the change permanent.

The directions I found are here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1010807

On the Ouku unit the file you want is

/sys/devices/virtual/bdi/179:8/read_ahead_kb for the sd card slot

The problem I have is my Ouku does not have the init.d directory, and even if I make one and put the file there it won't run the script.

Any ideas?
[Android Head-Units] alejo:
Try to run Google Maps. It will inform you that GPS settings are off and take you to the GPS configuration menu hidden when you access the settings. Turn everything on and it might work. Otherwise check that the center connecting pin from the antenna is not bent or broken.
[Android Head-Units] jakejm79:
Just wanted to wrap up my thoughts on the Ouku unit, I finally received my $10 OBDII dongle and 2nd USB hub and I can confirm that they both work 100%, Torque Pro works great and I have wifi working at the same time and still 2 spots open on the hub.

The only strange thing I have noticed is that Maps shows my location to be accurate to 99999m but Navigation works flawlessly with TTS. So I'm happy.

Couple of pics of the setup, still need to make a custom bezel.
[Android Head-Units] tin2001:
OK, so umm, can I get a quick summary/recap of this thread? It's too long to read it all now :p

Boot times are around 30 seconds? Is that about right? Did someone get it lower by removing excess baggage (splash screen?)?

We have root?

Did people get the Play Store working reliably?

And finally, are the variations of these units basically the same as far as the above? I'm looking at getting one of the ones with volume buttons (eg ebay item 151089985855) rather than knobs (eg ebay item 251194569445) - are they all much of the same thing?
[Android Head-Units] alejo:
Some minor gripes with i802

Hi everyone,

I have the i802 version for Nissan vehicles. It works well, but there is something that bothers me. Whenever the navigation app emits a sound or the phone receives a message connected via BT to the unit, the music source playing at that time stops and has to be restarted manually. Is there any way to avoid this? Another thing, is there the original firmware of this unit available anywhere for download? I contacted the seller but he said it was not available.
[Android Head-Units] madamko:
If you used to navigation Tomtom, or Sygic 13.1.4 this is "normal" on this unit :(. However Igo primo or navigon working ok-try
[Android Head-Units] pakidermo5000:
Probably t-mobile + android 4.x are blocking it. Try this:

1- download the app Gscript lite to your phone with tethering off.

2- add a script with: iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.0.0/16 -j MASQUERADE

3- save script

4- run script ( when done it will probably say it crashed, but it did not, it is ok).

5- start tethering.

if it is t-mobile and latests versions of android blocking it, the radio should navigate properly. Otherwise, I have no idea.

PS: original credits go to hxxp://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=38563
[Android Head-Units] brownrt:
[MENTION=4736782]kaween[/MENTION] My unit has stopped working, I suspect it shorted out when my usb cable fell into the cigarette lighter where the 12v ACC was connected. Anyway, I purchased a squaretrade warranty, so I should be getting my money back or a new unit. If I do get my money back, I'm looking at getting this unit [MENTION=4736782]kaween[/MENTION] my unit fried out. Fortunately I purchased a squaretrade warranty on it. I think that I am going to get the unit you have instead to replace it.

I believe it is this one http://xxx.aliexpress.com/store/product/android-2-3-2-DIN-universal-AD-i802/910985_700601656.html which I believe is the one you have.

If this is the version, could you remind me

1. Is this unit capacitive?

2. After rooting with framaroot, is it possible to use the external bluetooth dongle for torque?

3. My units microphone seemed to work best with the phone but was sh*tty with voice commands. Do you use the external microphone for voice commands?

4. Have you used the usb external cam yet? How well does it work as a dash cam?

5. Is one of the sd slots a dummy slot?
[Android Head-Units] kaween:
Hi ! I'm still on Hollydays, and the 3g Roaming costs prevent me of doing anything else than looking at my mails, so I'm not very active at the moment. :)

Oh Bo****ks, I'm sad to hear that. Good thing you've got that warranty deal.

1) Nope, It's resistive. Which can be a drag sometimes. Litterally. Not ideal, but I've learned to live with it.

2) No. Framaroot only opens the door for people who're much smarter than me to make the necessary changes to make the unit work with a BT dongle. So far, nobody has done that on the I802 as far as I know. That's why I took the Wifi-way. Not ideal, but at least I got it to work.

3) Yes, but even with the external mic, voice commands are tricky at best, at least in my car. Note : Google Voice Search wasn't even available on the I802 out of the box, had to install it myself. When it works, it's great, but it can be a real pain sometimes. In a less noisy car maybe, but not mine.

4) External usb cam ? Eh ? If you mean the recording system of the 802 with other video sources (like external cams, but those aren't usb, they're just regular car cams with a normal video-out line), no. Only did a quick check if it was possible (which it is), but haven't done anything serious with it yet.

5) Nope. Both a working SD-readers. But only ONE of them can be approached by the normal File Manager, the other one is meant for the GPS system and I needed to use ES File Explorer to make it useful. (odd !)

In all honesty, considering very little movement or support is being seen on the 802, you may be better of with a new Ouku device. The 802 does pretty what I hoped it would and it doesn't have too many odd quircks, but the lack of a cap screen and the -dead- silent dev(s) will put anyone who's owned an Ouku down I think.

Which is also why I refuse to pay 800 or-so USD on an Android Unit from Ca-Fi, Ekoore of whatever. I'm 100% convinced that in a year-or-two at the latest, these cheap android headunits will have come a long way and we'll be looking at this kind of messages and wonder how we could ever cope with such limited devices. :)

I wanted Torque Support, a reasonable radio, a usable handsfree system, a usable DVB-T Diversity system and a albeit limited, workable Android platform. That's what the I802 is, nothing less, but also nothing more.
[Android Head-Units] lineyho:
I have the same problem. I had a Verizon droid charge where the hotspot worked fine with this car unit, my laptop, tablet, and home wifi. I upgraded to a Razr HD Maxx where the hotspot will connect with my laptop and tablet but not the car Unit. The car unit will connect to my house and every other place I've been where there is parking lot wifi, but not the hot spot. My wifes droid charge still connects. The Razr HD Maxx will visually connect, show the IP & Mac address, but there is not signal or wifi connection behind it. I've tried everything I can think of and have pretty much given up. It's a bummer to have a wifi unit in the car and not to be able to use it going down the road.
[Android Head-Units] lawyeradam:
Nice Pics! What launcher are you using and how did you get the mini Radio??

I spend like 3 full hours tweaking apps and screens last Saturday.

Thx
[Android Head-Units] lincolndroid:
will check mine

First of all awesome job on the root.. It fixed a problem I was having with audio from sd and streaming and going to black screen!!!

I haven't checked my Phone yet... will check later....
[Android Head-Units] Jake Bullit:
I have a resistive screen,so I copy the extracted files to my SD card(5 seperate files) excluding the capacitive file,then hold menu and push power.

Just checking:confused:
[Android Head-Units] lineyho:
YES....
[Android Head-Units] lincolndroid:
Sometimes just the menu and the power button didnt work for me. I just woul hold some buttons on the right and left and hit power and it would go to update every time... (in case the menu and power button isnt working for you)
[Android Head-Units] aiebenz:
Try downloading es file explorer, sygic install file should in the internal hard drive.
[Android Head-Units] lincolndroid:
Thanks! i never thought of that.. I will give it a try....
[Android Head-Units] aiebenz:
can't get bluetooth to turn on.

I rooted the unit successfully. Although I am not able to enable bluetooth. I download quick bluetooth lite. It just goes to "turning on bluetooth" and then it never turned on. I even tried eliminating the 4 port hub. I verified that my bluetooth dongle works on the a pc. Any ideas?

Also, does anybody get their steering wheel control to work? Do you just wire key+ wire and key- to ground?
[Android Head-Units] lincolndroid:
My steering control works great. My Head Unit had two wires: "Key 1" and "Key 2". Since my vehicle only has one Steering control wire. I hooked it up to the Key 1 lead on the unit... Learned the functions and success. No "key wires" hooked to ground on unit...
[Android Head-Units] lineyho:
I have not hooked by steering wheel control to my 370z, but will be doing that soon. I need to figure out which wires are in the factory harness for the key control. I hope I don't need to get an adapter like the Axess.

Rooting is exciting but people need to backup their apps before doing so. The original system update that I did had less apps than the original configuration. The rooted update, also had fewer. If you backup, it is really easy to restore. The manual actually indicates to Move Sygic to the SD card before updating because you will loose it, Or do a backup.

Last night I tried to get the unit to read my 32gb USB Stick with a bunch of music on it. It is formatted in fat 32 but it would not read. My unit will read a 16GB not problem. The manual says it will read up to 32GB. The advertising when I bought the unit indicated up to 1 TB for external USB Hard drives. I have another Chinese DVD player in my boat, but not Android, but with the same claims. I can't get either of these units to read a FAT 32 - 500GM USB HD. Anyone get a greater that 32GM anything to read ?
[Android Head-Units] aiebenz:
Update: I tried another bluetooth dongle and it works (an old 3com one). I used the blue one like easyc but it would not turn on or see my obd2
[Android Head-Units] lineyho:
I have ordered 2 dongles awaiting their arrival. I ordered a bluetooth 2.0 and a 4.0 version. I don't know if the versions make any difference in connectivity on this unit, but will report back when I get them. The original person who rooted was using a 2.0 version that worked. I will also report if a 4 port usb hub works with a bluetooth and Wifi dongle simultaneously and how an OBD2 scanner, and phone opperate simultaneously if that is even a possibility.

It's too bad that we all can't tell if we have the exact same unit. They may look the same, but what are the real differences if we all have the same Android version, MCU and system versions ?
[Android Head-Units] Jake Bullit:
Rooted mine ,hadn`t done a backup so spent most of my time reinstalling.Had a quick try with A BT dongle i had kicking around,I could see my OBD2 but not pair.Didn`t have much time,so will try again later.Going to order a 4 port hub and a different BT dongle to see if that helps.

Also noticed boot up time is a lot quicker.
[Android Head-Units] easyc:
Weird, mine works flawless with OBD2. It even refreshes faster than my phone.
[Android Head-Units] aiebenz:
if you want the most up to date sygic, google sygic 12.2.2 crack and go to the digital kaos site, it works! I would post the link but i'm still a noob.
[Android Head-Units] kirill.lrnv:
Find the one(bluetooth dongle), that is compatible with linux, so you might explore happiness.
[Android Head-Units] MartinNorway123:
New version with android 4.0.4

Hi!

I have been reading most of this thread, but cant seem to find that any of you have the latest model found on ebay with Android 4.0 installed.

This allso have some different buttons on the sides of the screen than the old one.

Link to ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/190804858816?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

I bought this one yesterday, and cant wait to get it in hand :) Dont think I will bother to root it, or install any custom ROM, as Android 4.0.4 is OK for me :)
[Android Head-Units] SWEUP:
It seams that the one you bought has a dual boot system, android+win ce. So maybe the units are not so similar?
[Android Head-Units] MartinNorway123:
Because the unit has an "OS" underneath Android? The program for radio, DVD etc? That might very well be WinCE :) But no worries on my part, I like it better that way :)
[Android Head-Units] lineyho:
The unit you bought is different from all the units that we are discussing here. We are talking about the Android 2.3.4 operating system. I looked at the unit you said you just bought, and yes it is different with buttons that are labeled differently, plus the 4.0. Android. Hoping that we can upgrade the operating system in the futrue, however I only paid 300 dollars including a backup camera for mine.
[Android Head-Units] kirill.lrnv:
So far, I am absolutely happy with rooted firmware, functional OBD2 and treated bluetooth; compare it to Kenwood or Pioneer, that cost over $1200 and don't have some of the functions we have!

I paid $300.00 for mine as well + $69 delivery, got it in one week. Installed, connected to internet, OBD2 and bluetooth dongle + backup camera = $410.00! .
[Android Head-Units] alejo:
Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, none of those programs have maps for my country yet. I use Mapfactor Navigator or Waze, and both cause the same problem.
[Android Head-Units] Jake Bullit:
I use Copilot on my pumpkin, works great.
[Android Head-Units] festor:
Copilot looks quite good… does it slow the boot time like Sygic?
[Android Head-Units] Jake Bullit:
Doesn't seem to, mine boots in about 20 to 25 seconds.
[Android Head-Units] festor:
Thanks… I will give it a try.
[Android Head-Units] jakejm79:
It's ADW launcher with the dock disabled and the action bar at the top (9x4 for the desktop). That's just the built in radio widget.
[Android Head-Units] matiashr:
"non pure android 4.0"

Hi guys,

I managed to partly *brick* my unit, wich is not a ouku, but still a similar device, since this thread is about a ouku I created a new thread asking for some help with recovering, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=44410258#post44410258

if anyone has some advice (I recon my device is very similar to the ouku except for beeing a dual wince/droid system) then please check my thread...

BR
[Android Head-Units] mihaiolimpiu:
Hi guys, I have a HifiMax I802G, I had my RDS module acting funny but fixed by using factory menu.

I have two problems:

1: What does NIGHT brightness do in settings? It's supposed to change to that setting when you turn on the carlights? (Mine does nothing, I installed it myself).

2: Did you managed to change the radios led's? In my menus there is LED 1 Led 2 Led 3 but changing any of that to any value does nothing! Are there fixed values that work or what??
[Android Head-Units] adit9989:
On my unit LEDs are on only when the car lights are on (default Blue). They can be changed to other color from settings. During the day the LEDs are off, so you will not see any change. Not sure about brightness, will need to check, but I remember there is a button near DVD which turns the brightness higher or lower.
[Android Head-Units] jakejm79:
On the Ouku unit when +12V is received over the orange illumination wire the screen will dim and the LEDs will light (this can be disabled if you'd like). Also they have an option to change LED colors, but since they only have blue LEDs then it doesn't work, I suspect it is there for other models with similar settings with different LEDs.
[Android Head-Units] mister7000:
Has anyone been able to use a rear monitor attached to the OUKU ?

I am trying to mirror or even just play video on a rear monitor but I have been unsuccessful.

I read somewhere it only works when playing a DVD.

Can anyone confirm ?
[Android Head-Units] Jake Bullit:
That is correct
[Android Head-Units] mihaiolimpiu:
Thanks for previous answers, probably my HifiMax I802G doesn't support different LED colors.

On another note, I use the units built in microphone (the one that came in the package was bulky and very ugly), but the sound is so low that I always scare my passengers with how loud I speak (scream) while talking a call!

A fix? or some recommendations?
[Android Head-Units] tin2001:
Well, you could try using the bulky ugly one you didn't like and see if that works any better :D

Generally microphones built into stereos are pretty bad. External microphones mounted near the driver pick up the driver's voice heaps better.
[Android Head-Units] androidmechanic:
I'm really thinking of getting one of these units for my truck.
[Android Head-Units] nickl0:
Hi everyone,

What a great thread! However it did take me a while to read through it all to educate myself!

I ordered one of these head units (Ouku 6.2" unit) on Thursday so am waiting for it to float on over to me in the UK. It'll be replacing a Windows CE double Din Erisin that I have I have a few questions that I hope you guys can answer:-

Is there any real benefit to rooting the device? I've got a Chinese Galaxy S4 replica phone that I'm more than happy with and haven't rooted it, I just don't see the reason for doing so for my personal use. I can do everything I want without rooting. Does it make the unit any more useful for someone like me? I'm not really bothered about hooking a BT dongle up to the device to use an ELM OBDII adapter as I can use Vag Com and my Windows tablet for any diagnostics.

Regarding apps on the device loading after powering back on (I actually like this), I have a query about the iPod app. If you are playing an album from your iPod and power the car off, does the iPod app continue from where it left off after booting back up or does it drop you back to a 'main iPod menu' of sorts?

I've bought one with DVB-T and I'm sure I read about these units having DAB built in as well somewhere in this thread, if you buy one with a digital tuner. Is this correct or did my brain melt after 140 pages of posts? It's not really a biggie as I use FM but just trying to satisfy my curiosity.

Thanks in advance all,

Nick
[Android Head-Units] brownrt:
Welcome and thanks for reading . I know it can be hard to synthesize this'd particular thread but here we go any way.

1. Rooting will cut the boot time down to about 20 seconds over the stock 40.

2. Rooting will allow you to adjust the WPA supplicant if necessary for tethering

3. The iPod app will resume where it left off.

Good Luck!
[Android Head-Units] festor:
[MENTION=385347]Jake Bullit[/MENTION], I tried Copilot (UK + IRE) version, but it fails to download with an insufficient space on device error. The maps are supposedly 300/400mb and it needs twice that space for expansion during install. There is over 1.3GB internal, 5GB on the SD and the ext has 7GB so no idea why I’m getting the error.

I raised a ticket so we shal see if there is a fix.

[MENTION=1386617]brownrt[/MENTION], removing Sygic takes my unit from 35 sec to 20 sec boot and it’s not rooted. Does rooting the unit allow you to keep Sygic installed and have a 20 sec boot time?
[Android Head-Units] jakejm79:
I'm not sure how copilot downloads its apps, but if it stores them in the cache partition while it is downloading, that could be your problem, that cache partition is only about 30MB.
[Android Head-Units] festor:
Thanks :)

There must be some way around it though… Jake Bullit is running it. Custom install?
[Android Head-Units] jakejm79:
Can you download the app/maps on another device and then just copy them over to the Ouku?
[Android Head-Units] mister7000:
Doesnt waze work in the UK ?
[Android Head-Units] festor:
Copilot Live is locked to one device so there might be an issue transferring another install. Still no reply from tech support so maybe they are Monday to Friday.

I tried Waze (quite a while ago) and it might not be a popular opinion, but I don’t like the look and feel of it. At the time you also couldn’t run it in offline mode (has this changed?) and I don’t want to tether a phone just to run sat nav.

To be honest, I’m really happy with Sygic (v11) that’s bundled with the head unit. It’s fast, accurate, looks good and you can download the latest maps from their server whenever you like. The only problem is that it adds 15/20 sec to the boot time. Copilot looks similar and gets good reviews so even if it’s almost as good it would let me uninstall Sygic.
[Android Head-Units] Cool82:
hello ... some of you voice recognition fails when you connect the unit to a wifi hotspot from your phone?.

Today I have worked on voice recognition. I've tried to google search and copilot live and I spoke but the unit did nothing.
[Android Head-Units] nickl0:
Thanks, brownrt, much appreciated. My current Windows CE thing doesn't resume iPod playback at all, it just dumps me back to a main iPod menu, so the new unit should be much better!

I'll see how I feel about boot times before rooting it. It seems I could also cut down the boot time by removing Sygic and trying an alternative. I assume rooting it removes the Sygic app (maybe that's what's speeding up boot times?). Also, should I root it, will I lose DVB functionality? Just a bit worried in case Hal's download doesn't have the DVB-T app and only has an analog one, for example.

Thanks again,

Nick
[Android Head-Units] matiashr:
wince/android 4.0 noname unit

hi

just wanted to let you guys know that i managed to modify my "non pure" device to get bluetooth support

. it now runs torque nicely.

if anyones interested i could upload patch (update.zip) with it.

i posted a link earlier in this thread if you need to know wich unit i mean.

br
[Android Head-Units] Reconboy:
New Google Services

Has anyone had success installing the new Google Services ? I have tried multiple ways to get this installed but because a process ID is already running with the same name I cannot. Even if I kill those processes it will start up again immediately before I have a chance to run the APK file. If I can get the new Google Services running installing the latest versions of Youtube, GCal , and Hangouts to install properly.